Table 3.

Adjusted Mean Cost per Admission by Quarters in Teaching Hospitals, from the 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Diagnosis at Admission	Mean Cost per Admission in Teaching Hospitals ($)		Difference ($)	P Value
Diagnosis at Admission	1st Academic Quarter	Other Quarters	Difference ($)	P Value
All admissions	13,874	13,501	373	<.0001
AMI	22,951	22,594	357	.1385
Heart failure	12,950	12,366	584	<.0001
Pneumonia	10,721	10,745	−24	.8063